Plot Summary : Lord of the Flies

During a time of war, a plane crashes on an island with the only survivors being a group of preadolescent boys. One of the boys, Ralph, is quickly elected as their chief as they attempt to survive as a unit until rescues. Ralph sets up some ground rules including, whoever has the conch has the turn to speak, to keep a fire lit at all times, and to have fun.

The group natural splits into a hunting group and a shelter building group. The order of the boys society start to deteriorate when little attention is paid to survival and more is paid to the rumored beast on the island. One day a ship passes near the island but does not see the boys' existence because they have let the fire go out. Ralph is angered and almost retreats his position but is talked out of it by his friend piggy. 

Shortly after, a fighter pilot's body is washed up to shore after an arial battle. Mistaken for the beast, Ralph, Jack - the up and coming leader against Ralph -, and Roger decide to go looking for it. When Ralph turns back before the others, Jack attempts to turn the group against Ralph. When they refuse he starts his own "tribe" on the other side of the island where they start to paint their faces and take part in bizarre rituals. While the boys were partaking one of these rituals they mistake another boy coming to tell them the "beast" was really the pilot, as the beast itself and is killed. 

When the tribe decides to possess piggys glasses for a fire and are confronted by Piggy, Ralph, Sam and Eric, Sam and Eric are taken captive, piggy is killed with a dropped boulder and a man hunt is set out for Ralph. During the hunt the island is set in flames and after a long close chase Ralph stumbles upon a rescue crew worker who's team had noticed the flames. Reassuming their innocence and assessing what they had been through the boys burst into tears. 

About the Author : William Golding

Lord of the Flies
Author - William Golding

Golding was born September 19th, 1911 and died June 19th 1993. He was an english novelist, playwright, and poet. He is best known for "Lord of the Flies" where he has won the Nobel Prize in Literature and also awarded the booker Prize for literature in 1980.  He has also been responsible for the release of many other novels like, The Inheritors, Freefall, The Spire, The Pyramid, The Scorpion God, Darkness Visible, The Paper Man, and To the Ends of the Earth.
He spend his childhood growing up in Marlborough, Wiltshire. He went to Oxford in 1930 to study Natural Sciences for two years before transferring to English Literature. In September 1954, after being once rejected for his last book, Lord of the Flies was published. Golding won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1979, among the Booker and Nobel. In 1988 he was appointed as a Knight Bachelor.

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Paul Rand

One of the most famous graphic designers. His corporate identity  is well known as IBM, EF, and ABC. He went to Parson school of Design after Harren High school and was highly influenced by Cassandre and Moholy Nagy. By 23 he was an art director for the Esquire’s fashion pages. He also inspires through his writing.

I chose these works because I was drawn to them the most. I was drawn to the simplicity of the ups logo and the uniqueness of the 80's poster. I was also drawn to the colorful cropped composition of the second poster. My favorite, however, would have to be the simplified hierarchy treatment in the last poster for "direction". It's simple yet very communicative. 

Bruno Monguzzi 

Bruno was born on August 21, 1941 and studied graphic design at Ecole des arts decoratifs in Geneva. He received a scholarship to study photography and typography as well as gestalt psychology. His career began at Studio Boggeri in milan in 1961. I find the contrast of his work very inspiring. I love how all of his stuff can have completely different feels and messages to them. His work can very from simple and strong, to three dimensionally mesmerizing, to even bazar and impressive artwork. 

Dan Friedman

He was born on August 5, 1945, in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology from 1963-1967. He then pursued his education at the Ulm School of design for a year. He studied under Wolfgang Weigngart and Armin Hofmann. After he finished his education he returned to the US to teach at Yale university. I find his work to be a nice contrast of heavy and lighter elements. I enjoy the lightness and simplicity of his work along with the bolder statements and composition of others.

Jan Tschicchold was born on April 2nd, 1902 in Leipzig, Germany. HE studied at the Akademie fur Graphiwche Kunste und Buchgewerbe in Leipzip and the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresen. Tschichold taught typography and lettering. He's made many lettering books with his depth of knowledge on typography. The works I chose of his stood out to me for their simple and bold layouts which show strong and dramatic uses of white space to a communicative advantage. His use of color is minimal yet dramatic and use of line and shape aids the message instead of distract from it. 

Matthew Carter

Carter was born on October 1, 1937 in London, United Kingdom. At 20 he went to the Netherlands to study punch cutting under P.H. Raedisch, and Jan Van Krimpen the assistant. He soon became a type designer with the help of his father Harry Carter. In 1965 he moved to the US to take position at Mergenthaler Linotype in New York. I found his different studies of type interesting and they made me really appreciate the science behind constructing different typefaces and what it means to be successful at it.  

Alan Fletcher

Fletcher was born on Sept. 27, 1931 in Narobi, kenya. Fletcher returned to England in 1936. He studied at the Hammersmith School of Art and then continued at the central School of Art where he studied under Anthony Froshaug. He moved to the USA for his scholarship to study at the School of Architecture and Design at Yale University under ALvin Esenman, Norman Ives, Herber Matter, and Paul Rand. Alan Fletchers work interests me because of the interesting range of styles he explores through his work. From his simple elegant logo design to his loud and visually communicative posters. I personally have a soft spot for his beautiful logo design.